10/05/2006
candy hearts and chocolates in bed
This is why I love my wife:
-Because she's kind and sweet and gentle...
-Because she's wild and silly and exciting...
-Because she can make me laugh when I'm crying and cry when I'm laughing...
-Because she knows me better than anyone else...
-Because there's always something new to learn about her...
-Because she understands me when I'm not making sense...
-Because she's not afraid to tell me when I'm wrong...
-Because she always knows when to reach out, even when she's unsure of what I need...
-Because sometimes she seems stronger and braver than any other woman, and other times she's my very own little delicate daisy.
Now those are just the reasons that would fit on a Hallmark card, wildly decorated in little pink and red hearts that would typically be given to a significant other on Valentine's Day...and that's ok. I've learned that it's ok to be mushy-in-love. No, that isn't what sustains us through our marriage, but it's the sweetness in the middle that catches us off-guard. We've been married 2 and a half years almost and we are still considered "newlyweds," and in the past I would really defend that, not wanting our love to be categorized, like our love and affection for each other can be easily dismissed as merely "honeymoon" love. But now, I've grown up. I've learned to take such comments with a grateful attitude because they recognize the love we have for each other....
See, God has created in us a bond that is unbreakable and founded in Christ's initial love for us. For without the love that God has for us, we could never have loved each other. Because HE loved us first, through his unmerited Grace, we are able to love each other. And we both are learning that God's intentionality in bringing us together wasn't to fulfill some lifelong dream of getting married or some childhood fantasy of "never being alone" again, He brought us together and joined us in the Holy bond of matrimony to teach us 1) how to love Him and 2) how BETTER we're supposed to love people. That's it. And there's no coincidence that those 2 things are what Jesus says are the greatest commandments! That's exciting!!!
We both know that our love is so much stronger than candy hearts and chocolates in bed. But you know what, I do so cherish how affectionate we are to each other. Our little pet names, the little jokes we have together, the times when we can't stop laughing because after a very hard punch from her, I have just fallen off our bed (which, by the way, is perched pretty high up there), or how we'll say to each other, "I loathe you" around other people and to watch their faces, knowing that they don't know that that's a way we say "I love you"....
You want to know why I love my wife...
...because there's no one like her.
-Because she's kind and sweet and gentle...
-Because she's wild and silly and exciting...
-Because she can make me laugh when I'm crying and cry when I'm laughing...
-Because she knows me better than anyone else...
-Because there's always something new to learn about her...
-Because she understands me when I'm not making sense...
-Because she's not afraid to tell me when I'm wrong...
-Because she always knows when to reach out, even when she's unsure of what I need...
-Because sometimes she seems stronger and braver than any other woman, and other times she's my very own little delicate daisy.
Now those are just the reasons that would fit on a Hallmark card, wildly decorated in little pink and red hearts that would typically be given to a significant other on Valentine's Day...and that's ok. I've learned that it's ok to be mushy-in-love. No, that isn't what sustains us through our marriage, but it's the sweetness in the middle that catches us off-guard. We've been married 2 and a half years almost and we are still considered "newlyweds," and in the past I would really defend that, not wanting our love to be categorized, like our love and affection for each other can be easily dismissed as merely "honeymoon" love. But now, I've grown up. I've learned to take such comments with a grateful attitude because they recognize the love we have for each other....
See, God has created in us a bond that is unbreakable and founded in Christ's initial love for us. For without the love that God has for us, we could never have loved each other. Because HE loved us first, through his unmerited Grace, we are able to love each other. And we both are learning that God's intentionality in bringing us together wasn't to fulfill some lifelong dream of getting married or some childhood fantasy of "never being alone" again, He brought us together and joined us in the Holy bond of matrimony to teach us 1) how to love Him and 2) how BETTER we're supposed to love people. That's it. And there's no coincidence that those 2 things are what Jesus says are the greatest commandments! That's exciting!!!
We both know that our love is so much stronger than candy hearts and chocolates in bed. But you know what, I do so cherish how affectionate we are to each other. Our little pet names, the little jokes we have together, the times when we can't stop laughing because after a very hard punch from her, I have just fallen off our bed (which, by the way, is perched pretty high up there), or how we'll say to each other, "I loathe you" around other people and to watch their faces, knowing that they don't know that that's a way we say "I love you"....
You want to know why I love my wife...
...because there's no one like her.
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